Servo fire - Brighton rd

[SA Firey]

I remember when an airport fire tender came to the Ampol Servo that went up on Brighton Rd a few years ago after a fuel tanker exploded while refilling there.Im sure there is a few of us old school that remember that JOB going down. :-D

[Manuel]

sweet is there any pics

[Alan (Big Al)]

Yeah wasn't the tyres on the tender trashed to filtered when they got back to the AP???

[Mike]

Wasnt it a BP servo???? that was just before they banned tanker comming down the hill.....

[corecutters]

I remember when an airport fire tender came to the Ampol Servo that went up on Brighton Rd a few years ago after a fuel tanker exploded while refilling there.Im sure there is a few of us old school that remember that JOB going down. :-D

A few years...  hehehehe... And the rest !  :P

Believe it was caused by static electricity ?? 

[24P]

That would have to have been at least 12-13 years ago now.

[Manuel]

I WANT PICTURES !!!

[PF_]

haha, that reminds me of the kodak ad when the little girl screams "where are my pictures!"

[corecutters]

Back in yuor cage manny...


The smoke was visable from Adelaide... Thick, black, and a huge plume..

[firetruck]

i see the manny name is sticking well!

hmm, sounds as though it was a good one. i agree with manny, some photgraphic evidence would be good.

[TillerMan]

I have seen the video, i think every time the airport tenders leave the airport they screw up the tyres because they are such a soft compound.

[corecutters]

^^ That is correct.  They are made of soft rubber compound as to not damage the runway, and are ideal for the runway / surrounding tarmac and soft grass.  Hacked to pieces by the lovely Adelaide Roads.

[LFB06]

here is some pics of a tanker fire in SA, i don't know if it is the same ones as talked about above because it said that it was on port wakefield road.

[Firey9119]

i can say these are not the photos of the job you are thinking of.

these pic are  of a b double fuel tanker that rolled as it was turn from south road to pt wakefield rd, it was about 4-5 years ago.

[mattb]

From memory the fire occurred on Australia Day sometime in the mid 80's, it was at the Ampol (now Caltex) on Brighton Road at Brighton.

The tanker was unloading unleaded fuel when a static electricity charge ignited the vapors, I believe three of the four compartments in the fuel tanker were breached when the fire occurred.

I happened to be driving past it about 2 mins after the fire took hold, no firies or police on scene at that stage. The flames and heat had already ignited the brush fence on the other side of the road when we went past.

We've got the vision from news stories at the station on a VHS, always good to put on occasionally and see what a 'real' fire looks like.

[oz fire]

Either very late 80's or early 90's!

From memory CFS did change of quarters all over the place and I think both eden Hills and Belair attended the incident - although not sure if they saw action or were there on standby!

The airport tender did respond - due to it's hight quantities of foam and foam generation - to have it leave Adelaide Airport Police escort was required front and rear as it is exceeds limits for width on public roads!

[Camo]

i was in year 1 i think.....scheiße thats a long time ago...

which makes it about 1991 i think

[24P]

i have some photos taken the day after, will have to see if i can find them.  :wink:

[Manuel]

sweet, finally, i couldnt even find something on the net

[SA Firey]

I would love to have taken piccys of that job...only digital wasnt around then and now I always carry one with me everywhere I go :-D

[OLd School Firey]

Isn't it funny how over time peoples memories blur. What I have read here is not how I remember it, and I was on the second arrival appliance.

[fire03rescue]

tell us then :-P

[CFS_Firey]

Just found this thread on Ozfire:
http://ozfire.org/viewtopic.php?t=958
That looks to be it...

[OLd School Firey]

These were photos taken by Dr Steve Schueler.
Good photos, some good looking fireman in some of those shots.